Next from the Pen
“Out of Splinters and Ashes” is my next book to come out…a story about the right person at the wrong time, or the wrong person at the right time. Or as a friend of mine asked – is there ever a wrong time if you’ve …
A Thing of the Past Coming Soon
Trading a dress for pants and learning to ranch like a man didn’t satisfy the law that said no woman could own property in Kansas’ early days. Freshly widowed Regina couldn’t buy or trick her way around her deceased husband’s shrewd banker, finally resigning herself to holding onto their ranch by …
An Oldie That Never Grows Old
https://thebookbreeze.wordpress.com/ Recycling an old story with a timeless message – there is a time to forgive and stay, and another to forgive and walk away. “Mine to Tell” is the story of throwing off chains and walking free of the past, ourselves, and what others say about us.
“The Lady’s Arrangement”
Soon to be released from The Wild Rose Press, the story of a feisty redheaded widow and the stubborn Ranger who answers her ad for a husband who can take orders. She needs his last name and he needs a temporary disguise…neither wants to be told what to do.
Oldie But Goodie
I’m honored that fellow author Sherry Gloag pulled out and dusted off my first book, “Mine to Tell” and featured it on her site today. As an avid reader of the classics…the sorts of stories that DO NOT hook you in the first sentence/paragraph/page/chapter/half…I was happy to see readership look …
When Two Become One – Keeping the Pieces in Place
“Daddy was taking my desk apart on one side of my room while Mama went through what I’d kept stored in its drawers nearby. Pieces of me were being disassembled and redefined so they could be reassembled at David’s. I had no idea when that would happen, but I had a …
When We Stop Speaking
It came as a shock to me the evening my laptop swore my printer was a stranger and refused to communicate with it. “Don’t recognize…something’s changed…please unplug that cable.” “But you’ve been together since…since forever,” I argued. “How can you claim you no longer identify with him/her/it?” I undid the …
It’s a hobby, not a habit. I have control over my hobbies.
Women who rolled their own – women worth writing about.
Thank you, Sarah…Thank you, InDtale
Mine to Tell Colleen L. Donnelly Genre: Historical All her life, Annabelle Crouse has felt a connection to her great-grandmother, Julianne despite the shame and disapproval her entire family has laid at Julianne’s feet. She has always wanted to know why her great-grandmother had vanished for a few weeks, only …
Relationships we go through the motions for, and those that beat in our heart
“It was there, the aroma of him, in the downtown air. As strong as I smelled it on the train when he was right there beside me. It was him. It had to be.” I fiddled with the glass of water the waitress had brought. “But of course he’s gone, …